Off-duty Houston officer shoots robbery suspect

The Houston Chronicle

HOUSTON, Tex. — A Houston police officer shot and wounded a man suspected of robbing a McDonald's in northwest Harris County on Thursday night.

According to a preliminary investigation, the officer was having dinner with his son in a shopping center in the 13300 block of Jones about 10 p.m. when someone told him a McDonald's was being robbed, said Johanna Abad, spokeswoman for the Houston Police Department.